Word.ws English Dictionary

writest

writest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of write.

Meaning of write

Verb

write (third-person singular simple present writes, present participle writing, simple past wrote or (archaic) writ, past participle written or (archaic) writ or (obsolete) ywriten)

  1. (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
    • The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
  2. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
    • My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
  3. (intransitive) To compose and send written information (to).
    • Please write to me when you get there.
  4. (ditransitive) To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
    • Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.
    1. (ditransitive) To convey a fact to someone via writing.
      • Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
  5. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
    • The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
    Synonyms:
    display, indicate, mark, show

See all 15 meanings of write

Origin of writest

From write + -est.

Questions about writest

What is writest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Writest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of write.

Words near writest in the dictionary

  1. writes one's own ticket
  2. writes out
  3. writes over
  4. writes the book
  5. writes up
  6. writest
  7. writeth
  8. writethrough
  9. writethroughs
  10. writeup
  11. writeups

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: writest (page history and authors); write (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “writest.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/writest. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.